Shade-guard.



F. C. SAULS.

SHADE GUARD. APPLICATION FILED 11011.26, 1913.v

Ptented Nov. 10, 1914.

.FRED-C. SAU'LS, OF NEW YOBK, N. Y.

FFICE.

SHADE-GUARD.

Specification of. Let-ters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 94.

Application led November 26, 1913. Serial No. 803,285.

Toall whom it m-.ag/ concern Be it known that I, FRED C. SAULs, a c1t1- i Azen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and -State 'of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Guards, of

'which the following is a specification. A

The. neral object of this invention is to effect t e even and constant winding of a window shade upon. its roller: And .to this end the invention consists of .a cap provided with a ange and further provided with means for the securing thereof upon the shade roller.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my v invention of which the following is a speci-v -iication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of a win- 'dow' sash and shade, having a portionvof the shade broken away in order to show the guard mounted on the roller. Fig. 2 is -an enlarged detail view of a portion' of a shaderoller with the guard mounted thereon.

3 is'a vertical cross-sectional view taken j pn the line 3 3 in Fig. 2 and also show- `ing a portion of the window shade.v Fig. 4

1s aperspective view of the guard., As is usual, upon a window sliade being raised,. it automatically winds around its roller, and while so doing, it very -freqiiently winds so the coils on the roller overlap each preceding one, with the result that the wound-up portion is beingv gradually .extended and binds against the. sash of thel window. Again when the shade is acci-A dentally unrolled to its limit it usually becomes tornfrom its roller for the reason that no. means is employed vfor securing the end of the shade to the roller other than the' usual method of tacking. To obviate these occurrences, a guard 5 is provided whichis adapted to be mounted on the roller' vof the shade 7. This guard consists of a sleeve 8 and a ange 9, which is secured to the end of the sleeve or body-portion by solder or Ithe like. This sleeve or body-portion is formed of a suitable material such as tin, vand is provided with a space 10, which admits of the expansion of the sleeve when the same is placed over the roller. This space is also provided for the purpose of allowing the end of the shade to pass' through when the sleeve is secured to position as shown in Fig. 3. The sleeve is also provided with a plurality of teeth 11, which are struck up from the tin and are directed inwardly so that upon the sleeve being turned, when in position on the roller, the

said teeth will bite thereinto and thus secure the guardin place.

The `flange 9 is annular in shape and is of such diameter as that of the shade when wound on the roller. An opening 12 is centrally disposed in the ange, and is adapted to admit the projection therethrough of theroller, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The guard in no way coniicts with the keepers 13-13 on the window-sash and into -which Ais journaled the ends of the shade-roller.

As shown in Fig. 1, as the shade is raised. and automatically winds around -the roller, the ange 9 prevents the edges of the shade fabric from overlapping the preceding coils and obviously .the shade will be wound evenly upon the roller.

What is claimed asnew is:

A shade-guard consisting 'of a tubular body portion adapted to lbe positioned on one end of a shade-roller, a guard ange provided with a centrally disposed opening for receiving the end of the shade roller. the said iiangebeing of greater diameter than the body portion, and spaced teeth struck up on the said body portion for interlocking the shade-guard with the shade-roller when turned in one direction. In testimony whereof I aiix my signa- .ture in presence oftwo witnesses.

FRED o. sAULs. 

